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Brussels, September 20 – Friends of the Earth Europe is calling for immediate action by the EU to protect public health following yesterday’s publication of new research [1] which raises concerns about the safety of genetically modified (GM) crops and the herbicides used on them. The peer-reviewed research in the internationally respected journal Food and …
Hundreds join Good Food March for radical farming reform
Hundreds of people gathered today in Brussels to call for radical changes to food and farming policy in Europe. Farmers, citizens, and young people from more than 20 European countries took part in the final day of the Good Food March [1] and brought their demands for the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) …
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Shale gas risks side-lined by industry interests
European politicians today acknowledged some of the unambiguous risks of shale gas extraction in Europe, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. However, despite mounting evidence of the negative local, regional and global impacts of fracking on the environment and human health and gaps in regulation, today’s vote in the European Parliament’s committee working on …
Europe’s biofuels plans driving social and environmental destruction
Brussels, Belgium, November 8, 2010 – Plans to increase the use of biofuels in Europe over the next ten years will require up to 69 000 square kilometres of new land worldwide and make climate change worse, a new study reveals today [1]. The report finds that an area over twice the size of Belgium …
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Good Food March heads for Brussels as global food crisis deepens
Cyclists arrive in Strasbourg today for the start of the final leg of the Good Food March’s journey to Brussels to call for a radical change of direction in European food and farming policy. The international riders are heading to what is hoped will be the biggest ever gathering of EU citizens calling for a …
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Countdown to the Good Food March begins…
In just one month’s time, people from across Europe will be setting off on the final leg of a bicycle journey to Brussels to attend the biggest ever gathering of EU citizens calling for a greener and fairer future for farming in Europe. The event takes place as politicians debate the reform of the EU’s …
